All Supermarkets articles – Page 113
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Comment and OpinionIs Sir Terry Leahy about to make the same mistake at Morrisons as he made at Tesco?
Terry Leahy downplayed the danger of the discounters in a bullish interview with the FT
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NewsCalls for tax on salt as research shows some sliced meat saltier than the ocean
Action on Salt is calling for mandatory, comprehensive salt reduction targets to be enforced with penalties for food manufacturers
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NewsLidl opens 900th British store with new Liverpool site
The 900th British Lidl is one of six set to open this month, creating nearly 250 jobs between them, according to the discounter
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NewsMorrisons insiders deny CEO David Potts is preparing to step down
It follows reports the supermarket’s new owners Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) have employed headhunters to begin a search for a successor
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NewsSainsbury’s initiative lets shoppers donate Nectar points to charity
Each donated Nectar point will be converted into funding that goes directly to the customer’s chosen charitable organisation
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NewsGroceries Code Adjudicator reads supermarkets the riot act over inflation
The Adjudicator today published a new set of ’golden rules’ for retailers
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Comment and OpinionJust walk out could be a game-changer for Aldi’s stores
Aldi’s ‘just walk out’ move seems unlikely for a no-frills discounter. But if it works it makes total sense
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Grocer 33Waitrose snags win with tidy shop and excellent availability
Waitrose was far out in front this week with a gap of 17 points to runner-up Sainsbury’s
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Grocer 33Asda is cheapest supermarket for Veganuary shop
Promotions helped to offset inflation, earning Asda its third consecutive win
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Grocer 33Waitrose Meanwood, Leeds: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘There was always a plan to grow e-commerce before Covid, but we’ve seen our numbers absolutely skyrocket up to capacity since the beginning of the pandemic’
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NewsThousands of Asda workers to be balloted on pay offer
Asda put a higher offer to workers at the end of last week
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Comment and OpinionM&S’s letter to the PM has some good ideas… and some optimistic ones
In some of Machin’s proposals to Boris Johnson, pragmatism gives way to optimism
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Comment and OpinionMarks & Spencer COO Stuart Machin’s letter to PM Boris Johnson: in full
M&S COO Stuart Machin has written to the PM asking for the government’s support in building a “thriving, sustainable” food sector
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NewsM&S renews calls for end to all Northern Ireland border checks
The retailer’s COO Stuart Machin made the calls in a letter to Boris Johnson
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Comment and OpinionMeal kit providers are at the forefront of consumer trends. Retailers, watch closely
Meal kits allow busy consumers to cook healthy, varied meals for a lot less stress than trawling a supermarket, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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Comment and OpinionMorrisons’ milk ‘sniff test’ returns power to consumers to trust their instincts with food
An abundance of product labelling has deskilled consumers and damaged our understanding of perishability, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
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NewsTesco opens new UFCs as online expansion steps up a gear
The Grocer can reveal the latest site will be the Horwich Extra store, in Bolton
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NewsLord Sainsbury of Preston Candover: reaction to death of supermarket industry giant at 94
As chairman and CEO from 1969-1992, his flotation of the family business on the stock market in 1972 was, at the time, the largest in UK history
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NewsCity rewards Sainsbury’s over the big winners of Christmas Tesco and M&S
If Tesco and Marks & Spencer were the big listed grocery winners of Christmas, they received scant reward from the City this week, which sent shares down on their Christmas trading updates
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Comment and OpinionThe results are in and the winner is… grocery
We have Kantar and NielsenIQ to tell us about topline sales momentum, but that’s slim pickings versus the updates from the plcs